Piezo-optomechanical cantilever modulators for VLSI visible photonics

Autor: Mark Dong, David Heim, Alex Witte, Genevieve Clark, Andrew J. Leenheer, Daniel Dominguez, Matthew Zimmermann, Y. Henry Wen, Gerald Gilbert, Dirk Englund, Matt Eichenfield
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: APL Photonics, Vol 7, Iss 5, Pp 051304-051304-7 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2378-0967
DOI: 10.1063/5.0088424
Popis: Visible-wavelength very large-scale integration photonic circuits have a potential to play important roles in quantum information and sensing technologies. The realization of scalable, high-speed, and low-loss photonic mesh circuits depends on reliable and well-engineered visible photonic components. Here, we report a low-voltage optical phase shifter based on piezo-actuated mechanical cantilevers, fabricated on a CMOS compatible, 200 mm wafer-based visible photonics platform. We show linear phase and amplitude modulation with 6 Vπ cm in differential operation, −1.5 to −2 dB insertion loss, and up to 40 dB contrast in the 700–780 nm range. By adjusting selected cantilever parameters, we demonstrate a low-displacement and a high-displacement device, both exhibiting a nearly flat frequency response from DC to a peak mechanical resonance at 23 and 6.8 MHz respectively, which, through resonant enhancement of Q ∼ 40, further decreases the operating voltage down to 0.15 Vπ cm.
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